Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 654 A Probing Test of Snivy (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

"Not coming with us?"

The seaside of Fenglai City.

Cynthia boarded a plane to Sinnoh early in the morning, this time without tiring Garchomp.

After wandering around Fenglai City for half a day, Jinghe decided to leave. Everywhere he looked were memories he and Xilona had left behind, and it was too easy for him to be "touched by the scenery".

However, Jinghe did not choose to take a plane, but instead chose to take the little ones on a boat.

Nothing else is wrong.

The main problem is that this little Snivy has never been on a boat before.

It spent most of its time in Wind City after its birth, either in the Wind City's breeding house or challenging opponents in the mountains and forests outside Wind City, as well as the sea.
Although Wind City is located by the sea, Snivy has only ever looked at ships sailing on the sea and has never set foot on the ocean.

Ever since.

To satisfy the little one's curiosity about the sea, Jinghe chose to take a boat trip.

Quite coincidentally.

At this moment, in the port of Wind City, there was a large ship, the Waterflow, which was fast and was about to depart from the Carlos region to Hoenn, Kanto and Johto.

Of course, the main reason is the Wind Festival in Wind City, which brought many tourists from these areas. Now that the festival is over, it is natural to send them back.

In response to Jing He's question, the core of the Zygarde said:

My duty is to maintain the balance in the Carlos region.

These past few days, following Jing He, the Zygarde Core has been able to observe humanity up close and gain a deeper understanding of them.

It felt it was necessary to have a proper talk with its "partner".

But the most important thing is that it has been out of contact with its "partner" for some time now, and it doesn't know what happened to its "partner," so it is going to look for it.

"What a pity," Jing He sighed softly.

He genuinely felt it was a pity.

Zygarde, what a great Gundam! It seems like we won't be able to pilot it for now.

After all, the two biggest guys in the Carlos region besides Zygarde are Xerneas, who is already asleep, and Yveltal, who has disappeared somewhere. Obviously, they can't fight each other.

"Good-bye, then."

Jing He let out a long breath, smiled, and said to the little thing on her shoulder.

Bah.

Zygarde Core jumped onto the nearby railing.

It had no hands, but Jinghe knew it was waving goodbye.

【Wait a moment. 】

Before Jinghe left, the core of the Zygarde suddenly called him back.

"What?" Jing He asked with a smile, "Have you changed your mind?"

【no. 】

Zygarde Core rolled its eyes in annoyance, then after a brief hesitation and careful wording, said:
I sense that the energy in the Carlos region is a bit active; please be careful.

Is the Carlos region energy-rich?

Jing He was taken aback.

Isn't he about to leave Carlos?

However, he didn't say much, only nodded and said, "I understand."

It seems that choosing to leave quickly was the right decision.
"Goodbye then, Zigeld. Give me a call if you need anything."

Although the Zygard Core has no hands or cell phone, that doesn't mean it can't make calls.

Anyway, Jinghe had already given it her phone number.

I understand.

And so, under the watchful eye of the core of the Zigeld, Jing He boarded the returning Shuiliu.

On the deck of the Waterflow.

“Shinni.”

Tentacles gripped the railing with both hands, gazing at the ever-receding Wind City, a hint of reluctance and faint reminiscence welling up in its eyes.

Although this place didn't leave it with many good memories, it is, after all, the place where it was born and has lived until now, and every corner of Fenglai City bears the traces of its past efforts.

It's inevitable to feel reluctant and melancholy when you have to leave all of a sudden.

Standing beside it, leaning against the railing, letting the sea breeze blow through his hair, Jing He could feel the little guy's heart, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Leaving isn't a bad thing, is it?"

"Sini?"

Tengteng Snake tried to hide the "weakness" in her eyes and turned to look at Jing He.

"Without leaving, how can there be a return, how can there be a reunion?"

"Leaving is for a better reunion."

“Shinni.”

Tengteng Snake lowered her head, pondering Jing He's words, and her heavy heart gradually began to lighten.

A hand rested on its head, and a gentle voice came again.

"We can come back anytime you want to come back here."

Tengteng Snake stared blankly into Jing He's eyes.
A good while.

It suddenly came to its senses and revealed a snarling expression.

"Hiss, hiss! (▼皿▼)"

Who, who would be sad about something like this!
Despite calling out like that, he didn't brush Jinghe's hand away.

"Shall we go out and see the world together?" Jinghe said with a smile.

"Shinni!"

This time, Snivy didn't refute, but nodded heavily and clenched its fist.

This queen is going to war!
“Shinni.”

After the Waterflow had been sailing for a while, in a room on the third floor, Tengteng Snake was perched on the window, watching the torrential rain outside, and then turned to look at Jing He, who was sitting on the sofa reading a book.

Is this what you call the outside world?

Not long after leaving the port, a sudden downpour began, and all the tourists either hid in their rooms or huddled in the sightseeing area of ​​the ship's cabins.

"It's raining, there's nothing we can do about it."

Jinghe flipped through "The Mysteries of the Earth".

Although he has read "The Secrets of the Earth" by Giovanni Sakaki more than twenty times, he still gains something each time he reads it.

This made him sigh every time, "As expected of Sakaki."

Even as a "villain," he is still revered as a "master" in certain aspects.

Giovanni certainly has a lot of insights into Pokémon training.

Previously, Jinghe flipped through this book to train Larvitar, Dragonite, and Urshifu, but this time, while reading it, Jinghe also found some of Giovanni's insights on training Grass-type Pokémon.

As the possessor of "Viridian Power" and the benefactor of Viridian Forest, Giovanni is known as "Giovanni of the Earth," but his relationship with the forest and the Grass type is actually inseparable.

Therefore, in his book "The Secrets of the Earth", he mentioned some of his understanding of Grass-type Pokémon.

For example, one of the sentences—

While Grass-type Pokémon do have the Plant type, regardless of the plant, they all ultimately rely on the earth and need to draw nutrients from the soil. Therefore, Grass-type Pokémon should not be simply regarded as having only one type, even if they are pure Grass-type Pokémon.

The grass and the ground are inseparable.

This reminded Jinghe of the young gibbons and the Snivy.

Will these two little guys be able to work together perfectly?

"Sakaki's books are still interesting."

In the special episode, after Green served as champion for a few minutes and then lost to Red, he returned to Viridian City to become the Gym Leader, where he obtained the "Earth's Secrets" manual left behind by Giovanni.

After that, he completely rebuilt the team from scratch, and in just one year, he trained an entire team of new Pokémon to a level comparable to champions, which is nothing short of terrifying.

While Qinglv's own abilities as a "nurturer" certainly played a part, he himself said that "The Secrets of the Earth" greatly inspired him.

"Shinni!"

Seeing that Jinghe was completely absorbed in the book, Tengteng Snake puffed out its mouth.

"Yo-yo~"

Young Gilas walked up to it, reaching out to pat Snivy on the shoulder, while saying...

It's okay, it's okay, it's just rain, I'm not afraid~
But Young Kylas's hand struck empty air.

"Shinni!"

Snivy turned to the side, skillfully avoiding Young Gilas's hand.

"Yo-yo?"

Upon seeing this, the young Kira immediately became interested. It thought the Sniper was playing hide-and-seek with it, so it grinned and pounced.

As the eldest son of a "second generation" family, do you think I'm afraid of this?
To everyone's surprise, Snivy merely raised its head slightly, glanced at Larvitar, and then turned to the side again, avoiding Larvitar once more.

Now, Young Gilas was really getting playful.

Before long, the room was filled with the figures of the two little ones.

On Dragonite's head, under Ninetales' tail, and inside Gengar's mouth.
"Yo-yo-ji."

Young Gilas was panting heavily, looking at Snivy with a hint of disbelief.

Snivy was also panting, its chest heaving, but it still maintained an "arrogant" appearance.

Can't catch.

Young Giras really couldn't catch the Snivy.

Jinghe, who had been reading, couldn't help but put down her book and look over because of the commotion caused by the two little ones.

Seeing them panting heavily, I burst out laughing.

There is no doubt that Young Gilas is now much stronger than Snivy.

Even though Snivy has an advantage in terms of attributes.

But.
The weakest point of Young Gilas is undoubtedly its speed.

If Larvitar were to compete in defense and strength, even two Snivy wouldn't be enough to defeat him.

Snivy's greatest advantage is undoubtedly its speed.

What makes it difficult for Snivy to easily defeat Pokémon like Tsundere, which is also quite fast, is its agile movements and extremely fast reaction speed.

It's important to know that Sweetie's ability is "Queen's Majesty," which means that all "preemptive moves," such as High Five or Quick Attack, are ineffective against her.

This in itself requires Sweet Cold Beauty to have extremely fast speed and reaction time, but Tengi Snake seems to have an advantage over Sweet Cold Beauty in this regard?
After laughing, Jinghe was inevitably a little surprised.

Then he gave Gengar a look.

Gengar immediately understood.

"Giggle~ Giggle giggle~~"

Hehehe, let this old man have a go at you~
Let Gengar touch the bottom of Snivy.

Although Jinghe knew that Snivy was not weak, to be honest, he wasn't entirely sure what its current limit was, having just captured it.

Gengar flashed and transformed into a cloud of black mist, then...
The spiky was grabbed by the back of its neck and lifted up.

“Hisni!!(#｀Van)”

The vine snake in mid-air had a fierce look on its face, baring its teeth and kicking its feet.

"Genga~"

Gengar approaches Snivy.

That’s it?
Jing He: "."

He rubbed his forehead.

sloppy.

It was also a naive assumption to send Gengar to test Snivy's strength.

Snivy is indeed a Pokémon known for its speed, but Gengar is even faster.

With Gengar's strength, he's completely wasted his time figuring things out.

It's alright, Jinghe gave Ninetales another look. Ninetales knew better than Gengar.

"Ow~"

As expected, upon receiving Jing He's signal, Ice Nine-Tailed Fox smiled gently, displaying the tenderness of an older sister. One of its tails lashed out from behind it, aiming at the head of the Snivy.

"Shinni!"

Having just been caught red-handed by Gengar, how could Snivy possibly be caught so easily this time?
He immediately used all his strength to escape the room.

just.

No matter how hard it tried, it still couldn't escape the tail of the Ice Nine-Tailed Fox.

At last.

A soft, crystalline tail landed on the spiky snake's cheek and gently stroked it.

Sensing the gentleness and kindness of Nine-Tails, Snivy, for the first time, didn't bare its teeth; instead, it showed a slightly embarrassed and shy expression. "Hiss, hiss."

have to.

Another one has been "conquered" by the Ice Nine-Tailed Fox.

However, the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack allowed Jing He to experience its speed and agility.

This is definitely the source of Tengi Snake's confidence in battling Sweet Cold Beauty.

Watching the Nine-Tailed Fox retract its tail and raise its head again in an "arrogant" manner, Jing He gently rubbed her chin.

"It feels like the 'Queen's Majesty' trait of Sweet Cold Beauty is all for naught; our Snivy is much more like it."

Jinghe already knew why Tengteng Snake and Sweet Cold Beauty were fighting.

The reason is very simple.

It's simply that Tennis Snake looks down on Sweet Cold Beauty's arrogant demeanor, but Sweet Cold Beauty also looks down on Tennis Snake, who is short.

To put it simply, there can't be two queens in a group of Pokémon.

boom! !

The massive Shuiliu suddenly stopped, and all the passengers inside could feel the violent shaking.

However, an announcement soon came over the loudspeaker in the cabin.

"We apologize to all passengers. Due to the heavy rain and rough seas, some seaweed in the waters has been swept into the shipping channel by the waves. We are currently handling the situation urgently. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused."

The announcement was repeated three times, and the passengers immediately felt reassured.

Talk about it.

On a large cruise ship like the Flowing Water, even if ordinary Pokémon wanted to cause some trouble, they couldn't.

Moreover, on a cruise ship of the size of the Waterflow, there must be powerful trainers among the sailors.

"哓GA!"

A soaking wet Gengar suddenly floated in from outside the ship, shaking off the water like a puppy, and then pointed to the sea outside and shouted excitedly.

obviously.

Gengar has run away again on its own sometime ago.

The reason it's so excited is because...
There are dolphins! I saw dolphins!
dolphin?

"Yo-yo!"

Young Gilas gurgled as it stood up from the ground and excitedly called out to Jinghe.

Let's go see!

Snivy looked at Young Giras with some surprise. He was no longer panting heavily.

It was just as tired as I was a moment ago, how did it recover so quickly?

Moreover, they have thick skin and tough flesh.
Snivy never underestimated Larvitar. Having witnessed Larvitar's battles firsthand, how could Snivy underestimate it?

just
Aside from speed, Snivy is completely outmatched in many aspects, including defense, attack, and recovery!
"Let's go." Jing He put on her coat and patted the vine snake's head. "Let's go see the dolphins."

"Hisni! (#｀Van)"

She crawled into Jinghe's clothes.

"This gentleman... is it Teacher Jinghe?"

The sailors who were on deck initially wanted to stop them, since the rain and waves outside were quite large, and it would be very dangerous to go out at this time.

But after recognizing that it was Teacher Jinghe, he decisively let them pass.

"What's going on?" Jing He didn't go out immediately, but asked instead.

The sailor gave a wry smile and said, "Just like the broadcast said, seaweed from other sea areas rolled into the shipping channel and accidentally got caught in the propeller."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and whispered:

"Actually, what's more troublesome is that a poisonous algae dragon and four trash algae live in that patch of algae."

That's it
No wonder.

It turns out to be toxic algae and lichen; otherwise, ordinary algae probably wouldn't have been able to get into the propeller.

Jing He nodded and asked, "Do you need any help?"

"Teacher Jinghe's words"

The sailor quickly took out his walkie-talkie to ask the first mate, and then received a very accurate and urgent answer.

"Quickly go to the Western Paradise (crossed out) and invite Teacher Jinghe!"

It seems there's quite a bit of trouble ahead.

Jinghe didn't say anything more and walked out of the cabin.

slam-la-

The torrential rain, mixed with the waves, made the entire field of vision gray, and even the sea seemed to have turned black.

Waves crashed against the cabin, creating white sprays that washed over the bare deck.

Fortunately, the Shuiliu has a large draft, so we didn't feel much shaking.

"Let's go."

Reaching the edge of the deck, amidst the screams of the snipe, Jinghe leaped vertically into the surging sea.

thump--!!

"Hiss, hiss?"

The vine snake, which had been covering its eyes, slowly released its grip and opened its eyes. The expected rush of water did not occur. It then realized that the seawater was completely blocked from them, as if it had formed a balloon.

"Ow~"

The Ice Nine-Tailed Fox beside Jing He had a glimmer in its azure eyes and smiled gently at the Snivy.

“Shinni.(((//Д//)))”

Jumping down from Jinghe's arms, Tengteng Snake felt as if she were stepping on a soft waterbed, soft and cool, but without a trace of moisture.

Amazing.
"Yo-ho? (●●)"

Young Gilas seemed much more at ease than Snivy. Its face was pressed tightly against the water sphere, staring at the jellyfish that had just swum by. Its face, hidden by the water, startled the jellyfish so much that the agate on its head seemed to turn white, and it quickly ran away, spewing out a cloud of black mist.

That jellyfish was terrified!
The snail, imitating the snail, curiously looked into the sea, and then it saw...
"Gurgle~ Gurgle~ Gurgle~~"

A huge Gengar "transformed" into the appearance of Magikarp and swam past it.

"Hiss, hiss?"

The snail was so frightened that the leaves on its body stood up.

"HuluzzZ"

Then there's Instructor Bear, snoring away. His swimming style is perfect, and he can swim quite a distance with each stroke, pushing the water balloon as he moves. But is it really okay for him to be asleep with his eyes closed?
but
Is this the ocean?
Leaving aside Gengar and Urshifu, Snivy blinked as it gazed at the underwater world, which was far more magnificent than it had imagined.

Gengar led the way.

The dolphins he saw were in the same direction as the propeller being entangled in algae.

then
Soon Jinghe and his group saw a large patch of brownish-yellow seaweed floating in the sea, some of which had been caught in the propeller, while an even larger portion was drifting in the ocean.

Outside the seaweed, you can see the sailors of the Aquaflow and their Pokémon.

And
A poisonous algae dragon with its algae-like tentacles spread out on its body looked ferocious. Behind it, among the algae, four small, barely visible algae clumps were hidden.

And the dolphin that Gengar mentioned is also here.

"Bopp dolphin?"

A significantly smaller pod dolphin was also caught in the seaweed, while two larger pod dolphins, which appeared to be its parents, looked on anxiously outside.

"Such a complicated relationship." Jing He smacked her lips twice.

Poppy was first discovered in the waters of the Padina region, and therefore was the first Pokémon to be registered in the Padina Pokédex.

"Popodolphin, a water-type dolphin Pokémon, is a very gentle creature that is adept at using ultrasonic waves to sense location and the mood of other creatures, Loto!"

Besides finding the pod dolphins quite cute, Jinghe's strongest impression of them comes from their evolved form, Dolphin Man.

Especially Dolphin Man in his "All-Around Form".

Dolphin Warrior's base stat total is only 457 in its "Normal Form," but its base stat total in its "All-Around Form" is a whopping 650!

It can be said to be the second most common Pokémon after Slaking, and its appearance is also... cough cough.

But the Poppy dolphin is still very cute.

Also.

According to Jinghe, there is a certain food chain relationship between the Poppy dolphin, the poisonous algae dragon, and the Lala algae.

The Bobo dolphin is very fast, and even the poisonous algae dragon has difficulty swimming past it. Therefore, it often hides in the algae, waiting for the Bobo dolphin to come to hunt for food, and then uses its poisonous attack to immobilize it.

And just like that, they all crashed into each other.

just now.

The three parties—the Poisonous Algae Dragon, the Lala Algae, the Sailor and the Propeller, and the Poppy Dolphin and its calf—were completely locked in a stalemate.

No wonder the first mate had a headache.

Upon hearing that Jinghe was willing to help, the First Mate, a renowned Pokémon psychologist, promptly requested assistance.

Without Teacher Jinghe, he would have no choice but to use forceful methods to drive away the poisonous algae dragon and the poppy dolphin, and then untangle the algae from the propeller.

hum-

Jing He didn't speak, as underwater communication was quite difficult, so he directly used the waveguide to sense the anxiety of the Poisonous Algae Dragon and the parents of the Poppy Dolphin, as well as the tension and fear of the Lala Algae and the baby Poppy Dolphin.

appease.

This is not a difficult task for Jinghe at present.

Especially after Arceus further enhanced the power of waveguides.

"Gengar, Coach Bear."

Jinghe closed her eyes and spoke softly.

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~ Cough cough cough~"

"HuluzzZ"

Gengar helped rescue four little Lava sprites, Urshifu helped rescue a little Popodophyllum, and Snivy, seeing this, pulled out its Vine Whip to help tidy up the messy algae more quickly, successfully rescuing all the little guys.

The sailors breathed a sigh of relief and quickly dealt with the algae entangled in the propeller.

smoothly.

And all parties were satisfied.

“Shinni.”

The vine snake, which was lying on the water sphere, witnessed the whole process and couldn't help but turn around to look at Jing He, who was standing behind it with a smile on her lips.

Recalling the situation a few days ago when the dense fog from the spores in Fenglai City occurred.
“Shinni.”

A smile unconsciously appeared on the face of the vine snake.

The Streamer, on deck.

"Genga~~"

In the heavy rain, Gengar waved to the Poisonous Algae Dragon and the Lavafolk, clutching a few strands of Poisonous Algae in its other hand as a small snack.

  The taste is pretty good, crunchy, and has a seafood flavor.

"Woooooo~~"

On the other side, the Poppy dolphin family also swayed towards Jinghe and the others to express their gratitude.

slam-la-

Suddenly, the Poppy dolphin was enveloped in water and rushed toward the deck.

Water jets!

"Shinni!"

Almost instinctively, the slug standing on the railing dodged the charging pod dolphin with an extremely nimble and elegant posture.

Ok?
Jing He raised an eyebrow upon seeing this.

Although the Poppy Dolphin was expressing gratitude and had no intention of attacking, the water jet attack was still a preemptive move, and Snivy's reaction speed...
"Could it be that, in addition to the 'contrarian' trait, it also possesses a hidden trait called 'Queen's Majesty'?"

Jing He grinned.

This Pokémon doesn't make sense.

Is it mine?

That's fine.

After leaving behind a shimmering light blue scale, the Poppy dolphin flicked its tail and returned to the water.

It quickly churned on the sea surface and disappeared.

"Sini?"

The vine snake picked up the strange scale, examined it closely, and, finding nothing amiss, handed it to Jing He.

"I... I can't tell what it is either."

Jinghe was helpless.

In other words, the Poppy dolphin is a dolphin Pokémon and doesn't have scales, otherwise it would be reasonable to guess that it's a dolphin.

But these are clearly not scales from a Poppy dolphin.
"Never mind, it's a thank-you gift after all."

Putting everything else aside, today's investigation of the Snivy was very successful!
He already has a general idea of ​​how to cultivate him.
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(End of this chapter)